Hardware Is it safe to put colored PS2 discs in a computer DVD drive?

[Fishaman P]

I know you can rip regular PS2 discs in a regular DVD drive, but what about the colored ones? Will those wreck my drive? Or will they just not be read? And what's different about them? Do they hold more/less data?

 

[DeathStrudel]

I believe the colored discs are games that are on CD instead of DVD but I'm totally sure on that

And yes you can rip them in a regular DVD drive, I have done so before

 

[shadowkillerdrag]

they all can be read off of so its fine.

 

[DeathStrudel]

I meant I'm NOT totally sure on the colored disc thing

 

[shadowkillerdrag]

nawh, they all can be read off of the dvd drive so it is fine.

 

[Joe88]

its all cosmetic for the most part
PS1 CD's are black
PS2 CD's are purple
PS2 DVD's are silver
PS2 DVD-DL's have an orange tint

it wont mess up you optical drive, they are just normal disc's, hold the same amount of data as regular discs, and can be read fine

 

[OmegaVesko]

The actual data is on the bottom side, anything printed on the face of the disc is purely cosmetic.

 

[Jasper07]

Yes, because I have done it myself once.

 

[Fishaman P]

@ OmegaVesko: It's not the top that's colored, it's the actual underside, where the data is recorded.

 

[DeathStrudel]

@joe88: also to add to that list I think PS2 CDs are blue. And you're incorrect about them holding the same amount of data, you showed it with your list CD<DVD<DVD-DL but i would assume you know that

 

[Fishaman P]

Yeah, I've seen regular PS2 discs, black PS2 discs, and blue PS2 discs.

 

[Joe88]

@DeathStrudel
thats not what I meant
I mean they hold the same amount of data as their regular storage media counter parts
ex. PS2 DVD holds the exact same as a blank DVD you buy at the store

I added the PS2 CD part to my answer, I forgot about it